Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An improvised substitute for something lacking; a temporary expedient.
- adjective Serving as a stopgap.
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- adjective
Temporary ;short-term . - noun A
temporary measure orshort-term fix used until something better can be obtained.
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Examples
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In the meantime, it was asking publishers to cover more of the costs through a 7-cent surcharge in what it characterized as a stopgap measure.
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Even as a short-term stopgap measure in high-needs areas, I think it's doing more harm to teaching than good.
Shaun Johnson: Let Me Tell You About Teach for America Shaun Johnson 2011
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The Senate approved $219 billion in stopgap spending bill (HR 3081, above) for fiscal 2011, which will fund government operations until Dec. 3, at which time the post-election Congress will take up regular appropriations for the new budget year.
D.C. area congressional votes Post 2010
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The Senate approved $219 billion in stopgap spending bill (HR 3081, above) for fiscal 2011, which will fund government operations until Dec. 3, at which time the post-election Congress will take up regular appropriations for the new budget year.
D.C. area congressional votes Post 2010
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The nine bills would provide the funding and broadly divvy it up for the rest of fiscal year 2012, after Congress earlier passed a series of short-term stopgap measures.
Lawmakers Reach Deal on Appropriations Bills Kristina Peterson 2011
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Even as a short-term stopgap measure in high-needs areas, I think it's doing more harm to teaching than good.
Shaun Johnson: Let Me Tell You About Teach for America Shaun Johnson 2011
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Too often elections are a short-term stopgap for long-term problems.
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MARY SCHIAVO, AVIATION SAFETY EXPERT: Unfortunately that is a very short-term stopgap measure.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid comments on the Congress budget battle and says the House short-term stopgap plan is "a sure way to close the government."
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And Reid said Republicans were stalling and procrastinating by proposing another short-term stopgap to fund the government.
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